maculate
英式音标：maculate怎么读
美式音标：maculate怎么读
词汇归类： GRE
maculate词义
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vt. 使有污点；弄污adj. 有污点的
中文词源
maculate 有斑点的
来自macula,斑点，污点。
maculate英文词源
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- maculate (adj.)
- "spotted," late 15c., from Latin maculatus, past participle of maculare "to make spotted, to speckle," from macula "spot, stain" (see macula). Middle English also had maculation "sexual defilement, sinning" (late 15c.).
- maculate (v.)
- early 15c., from Latin maculatus, past participle of maculare "to make spotted, to speckle," from macula "spot, stain" (see macula). Related: Maculated; maculating.